The Voice- Live Shows Week 1

We've had the Blind Auditions, we've had the Battle Rounds but now it's the Live shows. Shows where everything can mess up and we get to see how good Holly and Reggie actually are and if it's still really about The Voice.

So in the first week we've got Team Tom vs Team Will. It's our time to vote and whoever finishes with the lowest votes it's then up to the coaches (not judges) to decide who to keep.

Opening the show we had the 4 coaches singing U2's Beautiful Day. It was terrible. Poor will.i.am, that is not a song for him. Danny probably chose it. On the US show apparently the coaches sing with their team, so there is talk they will do it like that from now on.

The coaches singing U2's Beautiful Day.

The show overall was very structured and very samey- not necessary a bad thing but it just didn't flow as nicely as it could have. There were an awful lot of VTs especially in the (pre-recorded) results show. There were VTs on what the coaches thought of their teams, what the singers thought of the coaches, what the coaches think of each other. It was heavily padded, and I felt the results show should have been on Saturday night; there was no need for it be on Sunday. Yes, The X Factor has an hour long results show and yes, it's padded but it just feels more fluid. But then The X Factor has had 8 years to perfect it.

With 10 acts performing we didn't really get much time with the contestants; one singer who did stand out (for all the wrong reasons) was Adam on Team Tom. He looks like a member of Let Loose and he talked way too much. He thanked the crowd for coming (alright mate, they aren't there all for you) and he had to comment after each coach said something to him. It was quite embarrassing. Needless to say, I didn't like him. Also he wasn't very good. A cross between Matt Bellamy and Dave Grohl; he was as good as neither.

There has also been talk about Holly not being happy about her face time previous to the live shows. Someone should tell her that being on This Morning everyday and Celebrity Juice is more than enough TV for anybody. I found her a bit wooden, she reminded me of Kate Thornton on The X Factor; way out of her depth.

I'm not sure about "The V Room" either; is Reggie relegated there from now on? Or will Holly and him swap roles? If not then I feel bad for him.

So on the results show we had Tom choosing between Matt & Sueleen and Sam. To be honest, I think he made the right choice, Sam's performance wasn't great but I did like him so it's a shame to see him go. Will was really nice about Sophie but had to let her go, Joelle is fantastic and I was quite surprised to see her in the bottom 2. Although, it's not like she was in the bottom 2 overall, just of Will's group so there is hope for her to grow.

Not perfect by any means, hopefully everyone will relax a bit more next week. Also, I hope the coaches know it's okay to say some people weren't great; not everyone will be fantastic. And stop going on about licks. I literally have no idea what you are talking about.